Mrs Foluke Osafile, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, representing Amuwo-Odofin Constituency I, has defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Confirming the move on Saturday, the lawmaker said, “Yes, it is true. I have defected to the ADC.” She explained that the decision was taken to…
By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja The banner was already hanging when Abdulkarim Lawan walked into the hall in Maiduguri. It stretched wide behind the podium at the North-East Zonal Public Hearing of the All Progressives Congress (APC), filled with familiar faces: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, governors from the zone, and senior party officials. But one face…
•Quotes grim statistics: 600,000 deaths in 11 months, over two million kidnapped, N2 trillion plus ransom money paid By Nnamdi Ojiego The kidnapping of 166 worshippers on Sunday in three churches by bandits in Kurmin Wali community, Afogo Ward of Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, which the police initially denied happened before making…
A fire outbreak on Saturday night gutted a building at Alaba Suru, just after Eleganza along the Mile 2 corridor in Lagos, causing panic among residents and motorists in the area. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said the incident occurred at about 9:05 p.m., prompting its officers to immediately alert the Lagos State…
•Title holder wants corruption allegation probed By James Ogunnaike Ogun State Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, in collaboration with Ijebu Ode Local Government, has debunked reports circulating on social media claiming that three prominent traditional chiefs in Ijebu land have been suspended from the Council of Chiefs. A statement jointly signed by the…
By Esther Onyegbula Three months after 25-year-old Miss Comfort Uwakwe left her Lagos home to visit her boyfriend in Epe, her family and kinsmen are in a state of uncertainty, as questions continue to multiply over her disappearance and handling of the case by security agencies. Comfort, a native of Owalla Autonomous Community in Owerri…
Edo State Government and the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state have renewed their verbal hostility over the former’s planned establishment of a State-owned Airline. DAILY POST reports that the Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo had during a meeting with the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo on…
Chairman of the House Minority Caucus Ad-hoc Committee, Afam Ogene, has said that alteration in the gazetted copy of the new tax law resulted from executive rascality. Ogene made this affirmation on Friday while fielding questions in an interview on Arise Television monitored by DAILY POST. According to him, over-zealousness of some officials on the…
The closing and opening bells of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) may become a ringing ritual of yesteryear, as the market moves toward nonstop trading. Read Also: The Blue Economy: What is this phrase we keep hearing about?, by Stephanie Shaakaa This week, the Intercontinental Exchange announced it is developing a platform for 24/7 operations…
There was a time when relationships came with names. You were either together or you were not. You were courting, dating, engaged, married, or clearly single. Today, we have invented a softer, slipperier word to describe something far more confusing. Situationship. Some say it simply means it is complicated. It sounds harmless, almost playful. It is anything…
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